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God bless you. 28 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 3: It's a joy to come into your homes. We love you, 29 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 3: and if you're ever in our area, please stop by 30 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 3: and be a part of one of our services. I 31 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 3: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. But 32 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 3: thanks so much for tuning in today and thank you 33 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 3: again for coming out. I like to start with something funny, 34 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 3: and I heard about this pastor. He found a dead 35 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 3: mule on the church grounds. He called the health department 36 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 3: and they said they couldn't pick it up without approval 37 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 3: from the mayor. Well, the mayor was known to be 38 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 3: rude and hard to get along with. When the pastor called, 39 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 3: the mayor didn't dis point, he began to rant and 40 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 3: rathe and he finally said to the pastor, why are 41 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 3: you even bothering me? Isn't it your job to bury 42 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 3: the dead? The pastor prayed and ask God for the 43 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 3: right response. He said, yes, Mayor, it is my job 44 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,679 Speaker 3: to bury the dead, but I always like to notify 45 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 3: the next of ken. First, hold up your Bible. Say 46 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 3: it with me today. This is my Bible. I am 47 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 3: what it says I am. I have what it says 48 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 3: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 49 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 3: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 50 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 3: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 51 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 3: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 52 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 3: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 53 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 3: treating every person like a gatekeeper. A gatekeeper is someone 54 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 3: God has ordained to open a door for you. They 55 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 3: are linked to your destiny, to introduce you to someone, 56 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 3: to put in a good word, to give you with 57 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,839 Speaker 3: or advice that will thrust you forward. They didn't come 58 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 3: into your life by accident. God divinely orchestrated your past 59 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 3: across It's important to realize a gatekeeper may not be 60 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 3: who you would expect. May not be the boss. It 61 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 3: may be the intern that just started, may not be 62 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 3: the friend with all the connections, may be the lady 63 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 3: at the grocery store that you see each week. May 64 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:28,959 Speaker 3: not be the head coach. It may be the young 65 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 3: man that cleans the locker room. Many times gatekeepers are disguised. 66 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 3: God uses people that we might consider to be less influential, 67 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 3: less important, somebody underneath you at the office. Don't write 68 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 3: them off. Don't be too busy and not give them 69 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 3: the time of day. Treat every person with respect and honor. 70 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 3: Make them feel valuable and important. God brought them across 71 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 3: your path for a reason. They may have an eyea 72 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 3: idea that will thrust you forward. They may introduce you 73 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 3: to someone that will open up a door, or they 74 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 3: may be just a test. God wants to see how 75 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 3: you're going to treat somebody that you don't think can 76 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 3: do anything for you. Bottom line is this, If you 77 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 3: will treat every person like a gatekeeper to your destiny, 78 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 3: one of them will be God will open the right doors. 79 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 3: When I look back over my own life, I can 80 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 3: see time and again wasn't always the most influential, the 81 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 3: most important people that helped me to move forward. It 82 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 3: was ordinary people that God used to connect me with 83 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 3: people of influence. One summer on vacation, I asked the 84 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 3: hotel bellman for directions to a certain church. The bellman 85 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 3: was a young man in his early teens, happy go lucky, 86 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 3: working the weekend shift, probably not making much more than 87 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 3: minimum wage. He said, the church you want to go 88 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 3: to is way too far. You'll never get there in time. 89 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 3: But there's another church about ten minutes down the road. 90 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 3: I think you'll really like that. I could have thought, 91 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 3: how's he going to know what I'm going to like. 92 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 3: I'm the pastor of a big church. I know what 93 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 3: kind of church I'm going to like. No, we took 94 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 3: his suggestion and we went to that church. We ended 95 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 3: up meeting the pastor and developing a friendship. It was 96 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 3: a divine connection. That pastor introduced me to a publisher 97 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 3: that he knew that offered me a contract to write 98 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 3: my first book. I wrote that book, and it thrust 99 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 3: me to a new level of my destiny. But it 100 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 3: all started back with that young man at the hotel, 101 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 3: parking cars, taking care of the luggage. Yet it was 102 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 3: his input that catapulted me further than I ever imagined. 103 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 3: You never know who God has ordained to be a 104 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 3: gatekeeper in your life. Treat every person with respect. It's 105 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 3: easy to dismiss people, give them the time of day, 106 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 3: especially people that we think are under us, not as important. 107 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 3: He's just parking cars, she's just answering the phone. I'm 108 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 3: in management, they're in maintenance. I'm staying at the hotel. 109 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 3: They're just working at the hotel. The very ones that 110 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 3: we dismiss, the ones we think don't bother me. I'm important, 111 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 3: I'm educated, I'm busy. No, they could be the link 112 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 3: to you stepping into the fullness of your destiny. Don't 113 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 3: write people off. Don't judge by the outside and think, oh, 114 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 3: they don't have anything for me. You'll be amazed at 115 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 3: who God will use. In the Old Testament, God used 116 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 3: a donkey to speak to people. Stay open. God can 117 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 3: use anybody. It's like this eighteen wheeler I heard about. 118 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 3: It was carrying this large load of pipes and it 119 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 3: went under a bridge and the driver didn't realize the 120 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 3: load was too high and it got stuck under the bridge, 121 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 3: wedged in there. Traffic was backed up for miles. People 122 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 3: barely getting through the city had a crew out to 123 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 3: jack up the bridge, trying to get the truck out, 124 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 3: with no success. As the crew sat there frustrated, a 125 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 3: man drove by with his ten year old son. The 126 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,119 Speaker 3: boy rolled down the window and said to the crew, 127 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 3: why don't you let the air out of the truck tires. 128 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 3: They scratched their head and said, why didn't we think 129 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 3: of that. They deflated the truck tires and just drove 130 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 3: it out. Friends, God doesn't use just who we might expect. 131 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 3: God uses the weak to confound the wis Let's stay open. 132 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 3: Let's treat every person like a gatekeeper to our destiny. 133 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 3: Jesus said in Matthew twenty five. When you're faithful with 134 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 3: the small, God will make you ruler over much. I 135 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 3: believe this principle is true with people when you take 136 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 3: time for everyone. Now I say this respectfully, but even 137 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 3: people that you might see as small people under you 138 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 3: at the office, younger, not his experience. You don't think 139 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 3: they have much to offer. But when you show respect 140 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 3: and listen to what they have to say and value 141 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 3: their opinion, when you're faithful in the small, that could 142 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 3: be the link to you coming into much. I'm convinced 143 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 3: there are times that we miss opportunities for advancement because 144 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 3: we don't realize the lady at the grocery store, the 145 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 3: young man at the hotel, the new teacher that moved 146 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 3: into the school that we're not really paying any attention to. 147 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 3: They are divinely linked to our destiny, and if we 148 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,199 Speaker 3: will tweet every person like a gatekeeper, God will get 149 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 3: us to where he wants us to be. We see 150 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 3: this principle in Second Kings chapter five. There was a 151 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 3: very important man by the name of Naeman. He was 152 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 3: the captain of the Syrian army, very well respected, influential, 153 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 3: one of the great leaders of that day. But Naemen 154 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 3: had a problem. He had leprosy, a dreaded disease. You 155 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 3: can imagine. He'd gone to the best doctors, gotten the 156 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 3: best treatment, the best advice, nothing at help. He continued 157 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 3: to go downhill. But there was a young lady that 158 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 3: worked at Naeman's home as a maid. She had been 159 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 3: captured from the Israelites. During the day, she would do 160 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 3: the laundry, cook the food. Compared to Naemen, what she 161 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 3: was doing would have been considered insignificant. But one day 162 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 3: she said, Naeman, if you'll go see the prophet Elisha 163 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 3: over in Israel, he will pray for you, and God 164 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 3: will heal you of that leprosy. Naeman could have said, 165 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 3: who are you to tell me what to do. I'm 166 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 3: a captain, I've got influence. You're a maid. You're not 167 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 3: even my nationality. You're a part of the enemy. He 168 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 3: could have dismissed her and not given her the time 169 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 3: of day. But Naemen understood this principle that you never 170 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 3: know who a gatekeeper to your destiny is going to be. 171 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 3: He went to see Elisha, traveled a great distance, knocked 172 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 3: on the door. Elisha sent his servant to the door. 173 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 3: Elisha didn't even get up off the chair. The servant said, Naeman, 174 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 3: Elisha says, if you'll go wash in the Jordan river 175 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 3: seven times, you'll be healed. It's not a coincidence that 176 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 3: this powerful, influential, respected man was greeted by another servant. 177 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 3: God is showing us you never know who the gatekeepers 178 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 3: will be. This time, Naeming got kind of upset. He 179 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 3: said to his men. Traveled a long way. I thought 180 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,079 Speaker 3: at least Elisha would come out here and say hello. 181 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 3: Doesn't he know who I am? Besides, I don't want 182 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 3: to wash in the Jordan river. That river's dirty. We 183 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 3: have much cleaner rivers back at home. He almost talked 184 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 3: himself out of it, but one of his servants said, Naeman, 185 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 3: if he had asked you to do something hard, you 186 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 3: would have done it. Why don't you do this easy thing? 187 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 3: Isn't an interesting? That was the third servant that spoke 188 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:15,479 Speaker 3: to him. God didn't use the powerful, the most influential. 189 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 3: God used people that he might consider to be less significant. 190 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 3: Naeman finally swallowed his pride and went and washed in 191 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 3: the Jordan river. When he came up the seventh time, 192 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 3: his skin was just as clean as a little baby. 193 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 3: But it all went back to that first young lady 194 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 3: that made she was a gatekeeper. If Naeman would have 195 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 3: blown her off, not given her the time of day, 196 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 3: he would have missed his miracle. In the same way, 197 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 3: you don't know who your gatekeepers are going to be. 198 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 3: God will bring people across your path that may seem insignificant, 199 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 3: people that are under you, but they are divinely linked 200 00:11:55,720 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 3: to your destiny. They hold the key to promotion and increase. Really, 201 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 3: what that is is a test God wants to see. 202 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 3: Are we going to treat all people with respect and 203 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 3: honor or only those that we think can do something 204 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,199 Speaker 3: for us. A lot of times the people that were 205 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 3: playing up to trying to win their favor, maybe they'll 206 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,559 Speaker 3: open a door. The fact is they're not a gatekeeper. 207 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 3: They don't hold the key. Promotion doesn't come from them. 208 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 3: Promotion comes from God, and God will use the most 209 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:34,719 Speaker 3: unlikely people. A hotel bellman, a maid, an intern, and 210 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 3: unpopular kid at school. Let's pass the test and treat 211 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 3: everyone like a gatekeeper. When I was in my early twenties, 212 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 3: I was in the airport traveling back home to Houston, 213 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 3: and I'd had a real long week. Very tired. I 214 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 3: couldn't wait to get on the plane and just lay 215 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 3: my head back and relax. They finally allowed us to board, 216 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 3: and I had a whole road to myself. But right 217 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,679 Speaker 3: before they closed the door, this elderly gentleman got on 218 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 3: and came over and sat down next to me. He 219 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 3: was the friendliest, kindest, most talkative person in the world. 220 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 3: In fact, all he wanted to do was talk. And 221 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 3: normally I enjoyed visiting, but this day I didn't feel 222 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 3: like it. I was tired, so every opportunity I could, 223 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 3: I tried to end the conversation. I got my magazine out, 224 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 3: acted like I was reading, hoping he'd take the hint. 225 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 3: He kept talking. Closed my eyes laid my head back 226 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 3: like I wanted to sleep. He kept talking. Started to 227 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 3: watch the movie. He kept talking. This was twenty years ago. 228 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 3: I think he's still probably talking. And I wasn't rude, 229 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 3: I wasn't disrespectful, but I wasn't very friendly. I didn't 230 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 3: engage in the conversation. I just nodded my head every 231 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 3: once in a while. The plane had to stop in Dallas. 232 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 3: He said, well, I surely enjoyed talking to you, but 233 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 3: I'm gonna have to get off here. I said, oh, 234 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 3: I'm so sorry to hear that. I repented later, but 235 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 3: I thought I could finally get some rest. Right before 236 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 3: they closed the door to continue on to Houston, one 237 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 3: of the most famous basketball players in the world got 238 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 3: on the plane. He's in the Hall of Fame, one 239 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 3: of my favorite players, and he came over and sat 240 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 3: right in that same seat, right next to me. It's funny, 241 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 3: all of a sudden, I wasn't sleepy anymore. I was 242 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 3: wide awake and ready to talk. I smiled at him, 243 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 3: said how's it going. He didn't say a word. I 244 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 3: thought he didn't hear me. I smiled bigger and said 245 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 3: it louder. How's it going? He looked at me and said, 246 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 3: with the biggest snarl, not very good. He might as 247 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 3: well said, kid, you bother me in, I'm gonna punch 248 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 3: your lights out that next hour. He never said a word, 249 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 3: never gave me the time of day, didn't even look 250 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 3: in my direction. When we got off the plane, I thought, fine, 251 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 3: I never did like you anyway. Here's my point. I 252 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 3: was ready to talk because there was somebody I thought 253 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 3: was important, somebody that I was interested in. Had no 254 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 3: problem giving him time and energy because of who he was. 255 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 3: He's in the Hall of Fame. But the fact is 256 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 3: he wasn't a gatekeeper to my destiny. He just a 257 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 3: sour hall of famer with no personality. I wonder what 258 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 3: would have happened if I'd have given that elderly gentleman 259 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 3: the same time and energy and enthusiasm. Friends, the gatekeepers 260 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 3: God brings across our path may not look like we 261 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 3: would expect. They may not be a Hall of famer. 262 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 3: They may be disguised as an elderly gentleman sitting by 263 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 3: the plane wanting to talk. I don't know. Maybe God 264 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 3: was going to have him open a door, or to 265 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 3: connect me with someone he knew, or to give me 266 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 3: invaluable advice or even bigger than all of that. Maybe 267 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 3: God just wanted me to make him feel loved and 268 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 3: valuable and respected and important. Maybe it wasn't about what 269 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 3: he could do for me, but what I could do 270 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 3: for him. Instead of being concerned about what I could get, 271 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 3: I should have been more concerned about what I could give, 272 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 3: how I could make a deposit into his life. The 273 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 3: way you can tell how mature you are is how 274 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 3: do you treat people that you don't think can do 275 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 3: anything for you. We can all be kind to the boss. 276 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 3: He may give us a promotion. We can all be 277 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 3: friendly to the cheerleader at school, to the guy that 278 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 3: plays on the football team. If they like us, everybody 279 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 3: will be our friend. That's easy. But if we're going 280 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 3: to pass the test and come across our true gatekeepers, 281 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 3: we've better learn to be good to everyone. Jesus said, 282 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 3: when you do good to the least of these, you're 283 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 3: doing it unto me. When you go out of your 284 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 3: way to befriend that unpopular kid at school, the ones 285 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 3: nobody hangs out with, Jesus said, it's like you're doing 286 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 3: it unto me. Instead of rushing by the parking lot attended. 287 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 3: You see at work each day, you take time to 288 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,439 Speaker 3: see how they're doing. You bring them a cup of 289 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 3: coffee in the morning. You're doing it to your heavenly father. 290 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 3: That person at the office that others may see as 291 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,360 Speaker 3: second class. They don't know much, they don't have any 292 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,399 Speaker 3: good ideas, yet, you take time to listen to what 293 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:25,479 Speaker 3: they have to say. You invite them to meetings, You 294 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 3: help them get more experience. Then as you help others, 295 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:31,879 Speaker 3: it's just like a boomerang that help is going to 296 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 3: come right back to you. I love this story my 297 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 3: friend Phil Munsey told he's the pastor of the Life 298 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 3: Church in southern California. He was at a gas station 299 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 3: filling up his car and this man pulled up in 300 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 3: a fairly nice car, got out and started going around 301 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 3: asking people for money for gas. Phil could see that 302 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 3: he was coming in his direction, and Phil loves to 303 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 3: be good to people, and when he came over, Phil said, hey, 304 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 3: don't say a word. I've got you covered. I'm going 305 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 3: to fill your car up with gas. He only wanted 306 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 3: five dollars, but Phil put nearly fifty dollars worth of 307 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 3: gas in his car. He was so appreciative. Before Phil left, 308 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,919 Speaker 3: he reached in his car and handed him a copy 309 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 3: of his book and said, here, take this and read it. 310 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 3: As Phil was pulling away, he noticed that man was 311 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 3: showing it to another man that had pulled up on 312 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:24,439 Speaker 3: a motorcycle. He was explaining how this total stranger just 313 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 3: filled up his car with gas. He was so excited. 314 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,360 Speaker 3: Well about a year later, Phil was in a car 315 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 3: dealership getting his daughter's car fixed and just passing the time. 316 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 3: He walked over to the showroom to look at the 317 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 3: new cars. This man walked out that worked there. Come 318 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 3: to find out he was the general manager in charge 319 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 3: of the whole place. Phil said, Hey, tell me about 320 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 3: this new car. He looked at Phil and his eyes 321 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 3: got real big. He said, I know who you are. 322 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,640 Speaker 3: You're the man that filled up a total stranger's car 323 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 3: with gas. A year ago. I was on a motorcycle 324 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 3: and I saw the whole thing take place. He's so 325 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 3: impressed with what Phil did. He was so moved. He 326 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 3: said to Phil, whatever you need, I want to help you. 327 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 3: I'll fix your daughter's car for you. I'll make you 328 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:13,640 Speaker 3: a deal. You can't refuse anything you want. You've got 329 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 3: it now. When Phil goes into that car dealership, they 330 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 3: treat him like a king. Here's my point. When you 331 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:24,120 Speaker 3: do good, God not only sees it, he'll cause other 332 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 3: people to see it. That man saw Phil being good, 333 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 3: he ended up being a gatekeeper. He opened a door 334 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 3: of favor and increase that Phil would have never experienced. 335 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 3: When you do it to the least of these, you're 336 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:43,120 Speaker 3: doing it under God. I wonder how many good breaks 337 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,879 Speaker 3: we miss out on because we're not treating every person 338 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 3: like a gatekeeper. So often we tend to categorize people 339 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 3: and we think, Okay, they're important, they've got something I want. 340 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 3: I've got to be good to them. No, God's ways 341 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:01,879 Speaker 3: are not our ways. When you reali God has ordained 342 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 3: every person that comes across your path, then you'll go 343 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 3: out of your way to make them feel respected, make 344 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 3: them feel honored, not only because it's the right thing 345 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 3: to do because they're God's children, but know one as 346 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 3: well that they are divinely linked to your destiny. Either 347 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 3: that act of obedience in treating them right is passing 348 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 3: the test and will lead to something greater, or they 349 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 3: may be a gatekeeper that will open the door to 350 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 3: favor and promotion. Pay more attention to who God brings 351 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:37,239 Speaker 3: across your path. Sometimes all it takes is holding the 352 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 3: door open for a stranger to make their day, Just 353 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 3: giving a smile, just making the person at the grocery 354 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,679 Speaker 3: store feel welcome, just reaching out to that person at 355 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 3: the office that nobody pays attention to. It not only 356 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,479 Speaker 3: lets them know that somebody cares, but you don't know. 357 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,360 Speaker 3: They may be a gatekeeper in your own life. That's 358 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 3: what happened to a friend of mine. We played baseball together, 359 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 3: and after high school he joined this team that traveled 360 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 3: all around. Most of the young men were college level players, 361 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 3: very talented. They had all grown up together, knew each 362 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 3: other very well. My friend was not only new, but 363 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 3: he wasn't quite as talented as those other players. During 364 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 3: the season, coach would hardly ever put him in. He'd 365 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 3: go four or five games, never playing even in any 366 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 3: The other young men they were good people, but they 367 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 3: sort of treated him as second class, really didn't give 368 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 3: him the time of day. But there was one young 369 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 3: player he was the star pitcher. He went out of 370 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 3: his way to include my friend, to make him feel 371 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 3: welcomed and appreciated. One day, my friend invited this picture 372 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,639 Speaker 3: over to his house just to hang out. It just 373 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 3: so happened that his sister was there. His sister is 374 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 3: very beautiful, very talented, and the pitcher and the sister 375 00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 3: met and they ended up going out on a date. 376 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 3: Story short today. That picture is not his friend, it's 377 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,679 Speaker 3: his brother in law. He ended up marrying his sister. 378 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 3: You never know who the gatekeepers are going to be. 379 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 3: Don't overlook the people God's put in your life. Others 380 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 3: may see them as second class, not as talent, and 381 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 3: not up to par. No, treat every person with respect. 382 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,679 Speaker 3: Go out of your way to make them feel valuable 383 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 3: and important. They are divinely linked to your destiny. You 384 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 3: don't know, like in this case, they may open a 385 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 3: door that nobody else could open. That's what we see 386 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 3: with Joseph. He was in prison for something that he 387 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 3: didn't do. There were two people in the prison with him, 388 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 3: PAH's butler and Fro's baker. One night, they both had 389 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 3: a dream and they didn't understand what it meant. The 390 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:52,440 Speaker 3: next morning, Joseph saw that they were worried and frustrated. 391 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,360 Speaker 3: He asked them what was wrong. They said, we had 392 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 3: this dream but were troubled by it. We don't understand 393 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 3: what it means. Joseph said, no problem, I can help. 394 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 3: I can interpret dreams, tell me what they are. Notice 395 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 3: Joseph went out of his way to help them. Joseph 396 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 3: could have had a chip on his shoulders. He could 397 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 3: have said, don't bother me. I've got enough problems of 398 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 3: my own. Do you know my story? I was betrayed 399 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 3: by my brothers. I was sold into slavery. No, Joseph 400 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:27,360 Speaker 3: understood this principle to treat every person like a gatekeeper. 401 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,360 Speaker 3: He interpreted that dream, and eventually the butler was released 402 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:35,399 Speaker 3: from prison. Two years later, Pharaoh had a dream that 403 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 3: he didn't understand. He was upset and worried. The butler 404 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 3: said to him, I know somebody that can interpret dreams. 405 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 3: His name is Joseph. He's in prison. They brought Joseph 406 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:51,680 Speaker 3: out of prison. Joseph interpreted Pharaoh's dream, and Pharaoh put 407 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 3: him in charge over all of Egypt. But had Joseph 408 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:59,679 Speaker 3: not taken time for the butler and been good to him, 409 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 3: he might not have ever gotten out of prison. See, 410 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:07,479 Speaker 3: your destiny is not just between you and God. It 411 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 3: is connected to certain people that God has ordained to 412 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 3: come across your path. When you realize that every person 413 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 3: could be a gatekeeper, every person is divinely linked, then 414 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 3: it's easy to take time for people and to treat 415 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 3: everyone with respect and honor. Back in the early nineteen eighties, 416 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 3: there was a young African American police chief brought into 417 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 3: our city. His name was Lee Brown. My parents reached 418 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 3: out to him to welcome him to town, let him 419 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 3: know that the people of lake would loved him. We 420 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,919 Speaker 3: were praying for him behind him. We believed in him. 421 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 3: He would come out to the church and we would 422 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 3: pray over him. Over the years, he would invite my 423 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 3: parents to go pray at different police and city functions. 424 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,360 Speaker 3: They developed this friendship. My parents weren't trying to get anything. 425 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 3: He didn't have any ulterior motives. They were just being 426 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 3: good to somebody that God brought across their path. Later, 427 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 3: he went from Chief Brown to Mayor Brown. He served 428 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 3: six years as our city's mayor. In two thousand and one, 429 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,160 Speaker 3: Lakewood was out of room. We needed a larger facility. 430 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 3: I was at lunch with a friend. He told how 431 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 3: the Houston Rockets basketball team was going to move out 432 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 3: of the Compact Center and this place was going to 433 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 3: become available. At that time, it was a city owned facility. 434 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 3: When I heard that, something leaped on the inside and 435 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,439 Speaker 3: I got back from lunch and I immediately called the mayor. 436 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,880 Speaker 3: It happened to be Mayor Lee Brown. I asked him 437 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 3: about the possibility of Lakewood getting the Compact Center. I'll 438 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:50,400 Speaker 3: never forget what he said. Without missing a beat, he said, Joel, 439 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:54,919 Speaker 3: I think Lakewood having the Compact Center would be great 440 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 3: not only for Lakewood, but I think it would be 441 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:03,479 Speaker 3: great for the city of Houston as well. When I 442 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 3: heard that, I could only think back to all those 443 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 3: seeds of kindness and respect and honor that my parents 444 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 3: had sown down through the years toward Mayor Brown. Mayor 445 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 3: Brown was a gatekeeper that God had ordained to open 446 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:24,159 Speaker 3: up a door to something that we could never open 447 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 3: without his health. He returned the favor by being so 448 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 3: gracious and kind as we work together to make this happen. 449 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 3: When you're good to people, you are sowing seeds. When 450 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 3: you make people feel loved and welcomed and appreciated, You're 451 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 3: going to come across your gatekeepers that person you're being 452 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 3: good to, They may do you a favor, or they 453 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 3: may end up doing your children a favor. They may 454 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 3: open the door for one of your grandchildren. You never 455 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 3: know who's gonna benefit because of your seeds of kindness. 456 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 3: My challenge today is to treat every par like a gatekeeper. 457 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 3: When you take time to help others, really you're helping 458 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 3: yourself because every seed you sow, you're going to reap 459 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 3: a harvest. Every good deed you do. Every time you 460 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 3: go out of your way to make someone feel special, 461 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 3: God sees it. He will make sure that the right 462 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 3: people come across your path. Remember, the gatekeepers may not 463 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 3: look like you would expect. God used a maid with Naemen, 464 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 3: a hotel belman with me, a man in prison with Joseph. 465 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 3: Treat everyone with respect, not just the people that you 466 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 3: think are important. When you're faithful with the small God 467 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 3: will make your ruler over much. In the coming days. 468 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,160 Speaker 3: People are going to come across your path that God 469 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 3: has ordained. They are divinely linked to your destiny. They 470 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 3: hold the key to promotion and increase. Don't overlook them. 471 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 3: Go out this week and be good to the people 472 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,119 Speaker 3: that are in your life. And if you'll learn to 473 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,880 Speaker 3: treat everyone like a gatekeeper to your destiny, God will 474 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,400 Speaker 3: open up the right doors. You will come into favor, promotion, 475 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 3: and increase, and I believe in declare you will become 476 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 3: everything God's created you to be. Amen. Do you receive 477 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:17,399 Speaker 3: it today? We never like to close on broadcast without 478 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,159 Speaker 3: giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 479 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 3: your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 480 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 3: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 481 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 3: make you my Lord and savior. 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